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This session is based on my experience leading GE Digital teams to develop solutions for external customers that incorporate the Business Model Canvas pattern in architecting microservice-based solutions. As in many software development organizations, adopting a cloud platform empowers our developers to develop, test, and deliver applications at an unprecedented rate. In addition, microservice-based architecture enables us to deliver scalable business-aligned capabilities and manage them much more effectively than monoliths.

In this development context, however, challenges remain:

How do we ensure that product architecture addresses real customer needs?

How do we align a continuous DevOps mode of development with a consistent business model?

How can an agile development team evolve product architecture iteratively?

In my talk, I’ll describe an approach to successfully address such challenges inspired by Design Thinking Business Analysis: Business Concept Mapping Applied, by Thomas Frisendal. I extend the author's work to product architecture and agile development to enable teams to align with a customer’s needs by validating for desirability, viability, and feasibility.

First, I will summarize the Lean Business Canvas, Concept Maps, and Domain-Driven Design patterns. Second, I will introduce the details of a novel lean approach to developing product architecture that combines Business/Lean Model Canvas, Design Thinking, and Agile practices. Architects will learn how to

use the Business Model Canvas or Lean Canvas to capture requirements from different stakeholders

map the business model to business concepts using design thinking and concept mapping

rapidly design microservice APIs that reflect business needs before launching into detailed implementations

Arila Barnes is a Senior Staff Architect at GE Digital in San Ramon, CA, with over 15 years’ experience in software development and architecture and over 10 years applying Agile practices in delivering software products. She joined GE Software in 2013 and has been actively involved... Read More →